MEMBER BRIEFS

AMCHP’s Member Briefs is a biweekly newsletter that highlights maternal and child health resources, services and events of interest to AMCHP members.

June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023

AMCHP Announcements Never miss our updates! Sign up for our newsletters, and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.      Title V MCH Services Block Grant - Guideline Updates Feedback  The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is...

June 1, 2023 
June 1, 2023 

AMCHP Announcements              Never miss our updates! Sign up for our newsletters, and follow us on Twitter (@DC_AMCHP), LinkedIn (Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs), Facebook (AMCHPofficial), and Instagram (@DC_AMCHP).              AMCHP Invites...

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

AMCHP Announcements             Never miss our updates! Sign up for our newsletters, and follow us on Twitter (@DC_AMCHP), LinkedIn (Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs), Facebook (AMCHPofficial), and Instagram (@DC_AMCHP).             AMCHP Honors the...

April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023

COVID-19 Resources            Moving Forward with COVID-19 Data   CDC launched COVID Data Tracker in 2020 to provide state and local public health officials and communities with the COVID-19 data they need in one consolidated, easy-to-use location. Over the past three...

April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023

COVID-19 Resources           COVID-19 Data Modernization  The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed expectations for public health, especially the speed at which credible health information is delivered. It created an opportunity to further transform how the data...

March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023

COVID-19 Resources          Spring into Action  As we mark three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases, deaths, and hospitalizations have all been decreasing steadily. Much of the U.S. population has some form of immunity, either through vaccination or previous...

March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023

COVID-19 Resources         Streamlining COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations  On February 24, 2023, CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss the latest COVID-19 vaccine data, as well as potential updates to future COVID-19 vaccination...

February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023

COVID-19 Resources        Create a COVID-19 Action Plan  Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic almost three years ago, we have known that some people who are immunocompromised (have a weakened immune system) are more likely to get sick with COVID-19 or be sick...

February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023

COVID-19 Resources       Variant Roundup  The virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly changing. We continue to see new lineages of the Omicron variant, such as XBB.1.5, emerge and spread in the United States. This week, we provide an update on the most common Omicron...

January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023

COVID-19 Resources      CDC COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review- A Better Data Picture  For the past two years, COVID-19 has dominated respiratory disease activity in the United States, with other respiratory viruses circulating at lower levels than usual. But that trend...

January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023

COVID-19 Resources     AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages      AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to gather available information, resources, and guidance specific to our MCH population during the...

December 19, 2022
December 19, 2022

COVID-19 Resources    Recent CDC News    CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older     AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages     AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to...

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

COVID-19 Resources   Recent CDC News   CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older    AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages    AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to gather...

November 17, 2022
November 17, 2022

COVID-19 Resources  Recent CDC News  CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older   CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Include Children Ages 5 Through 11  AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages   AMCHP is committed to...

November 2, 2022
November 2, 2022

COVID-19 Resources CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older On October 19, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. This action gives people...